Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 11:27:04 +0200 From: Edward Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?Napiera=C5=82a?= <trasz@FreeBSD.org> To: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pivot_root() and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20150613092704.GA37870@brick.home> In-Reply-To: <654E1C53-8536-406D-B218-EA6F20848821@webweaving.org> References: <654E1C53-8536-406D-B218-EA6F20848821@webweaving.org>
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On 0303T1751, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > I am trying to do, in effect an PXE boot/install on a local volume - and would like the machine to cut over into normal running without a reboot*. > > So effectively I would like to do the equivalent of pivot_root() and perhaps something special for init(8), and then jettison md, nfs and what not. > > Is there any way to do this on 10.1 or -current ? Or has anyone recently done work on Adrian Steinmann his 'Pivot Root for BSD’** ? I have something similar in purpose in the works: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2698 Perhaps you could take a look to see if it fits your use case? The code needs a rewrite, but the usage should stay the same.
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